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I’ve recently gotten two more websites up and running. One is a small placeholder website for our St. Louis based fire performance group, “Pandora’s Matchbox”:http://www.pandorasmatchbox.com. We spin poi and staff, do fire eating, fire breathing, fire devil sticks, rope darts, fire painting, etc. We even have flame throwers! Fun stuff! We get hired around St. Louis for parties, events, art galleries, stuff like that. The webpage is just meant to be a way for people to get in touch with us if necessary.

The other webpage is the store. A few of us in Pandora’s Matchbox make our own gear, and are now selling it. The storefront is still in progress, most products still need images, etc. However, it is up and running, and you can, in fact, buy our gear online. The shop has been cleverly named “Pandora’s Toolbox”:http://www.pandorastoolbox.com. Cute, huh?

And as long as I’m plugging stuff, I’m doing a little work with my friend’s new business, “Sunflower Solar”:http://www.cosunflower.com. My friend Will has been working up to this for a while, and it is really starting to take off. They do solar power installations around Colorado, mostly around Boulder. They have focused on simple, easy to implement systems that qualify for the maximum rebates from the local energy company, “XCel”:http://www.xcelenergy.com, and the maximum tax credits for renewable power. That means they do grid-tie systems, that don’t use batteries. They install panels on the roof, an inverter that converts DC to AC in the house, and then they back-feed that into your existing breaker panel. During the day, your house makes more power than it uses, and the electric meter spins backwards. At night, or when it’s cloudy, your house uses more power than it makes, and your electric meter spins forwards. At the end of the month, either you owe a little to the power company, or, if your meter ended up farther back than it started, they owe you a little, and will actually cut you a check. Cool, huh? The process is called net-metering, and is available in about 30 states.

Will and his team have been installing like crazy, and are quite busy, so I’m doing some basic engineering work for them, preparing diagrams for building permits, etc. It’s a neat process, and I’m glad his business is doing well.